Comments on: Big Bite Blog

By: Fred Duggan

Fred Duggan — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:33:49 +0000

I didn’t know you were on tv ya git!

did you tape it?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:25:13 +0000

My comment just got et, so I’m trying again. Damn ‘puters!

I thought the show was interesting. Just finished a thesis on blogging myself, so I was shouting at the TV in a general over-immersion psychosis. http://www.perseus.com/blogsurvey has some interesting bits about blogosphere demographics.

How is David in person? He truly is The King. That thing on Corkonians was great the other day…

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 23:09:51 +0000

I had actually forgotten about watching it, but I crawled out of bed late and flicked on the tv to see the whole thing in front of me.

I think it went very well, and as said above, hopefully it will enlighten Irish people as to what blogging is all about.

It was also cool to get to see everyone’s faces too. Its weird what ideas you have in your head as to what people look like.

Good job everyone though.

By: Young Irelander

Young Irelander — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:53:46 +0000

I thought you did well Gavin. It was a good discussion which will hopefully enlighten Irish people as to what blogging is.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:13:48 +0000

Bernie’s got an MP3 up: http://irish.typepad.com/irisheyes/2005/04/big_bite_on_blo.html

By: James Corbett

James Corbett — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:46:13 +0000

I thought you all did very well Gavin. I know for a fact that I would have been a bundle of nerves in a TV studio but not one of the blog panelists exhitibited the slightest sign of nerves AFAICS.

I suppose I would have like to see the discussion widened beyond political blogging but realise that this is what the show wanted to focus on. I also thought that McWilliams overdid the interruptions a little, constantly cutting across people.

Other than that though, a very enjoyable show.

By: barrydublin

barrydublin — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:02:05 +0000

I only get the BBC, i was watching murder she wrote, it was in New Orleans this week, nice.

By: Bernie Goldbach

Bernie Goldbach — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 23:31:36 +0000

It’s all a matter of colour–or the colour you see in the words you read.

I occasionally write about dogs, gardens and flowers. Big Bite on Blogging caused me to think I may have a feminine-leaning blog so I’m changing my colour scheme to pastel pinks and cream-coloured tints in the hope that my writing will be more accessible.

By: John

John — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:10:36 +0000

I hadn’t realised there was tension between male and female bloggers. Is there tension? Should I be tense? Is everyone else tense? I bet I look silly not being tense when everyone else is.

By: Anthony Sheridan

Anthony Sheridan — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 21:28:19 +0000

Well done, Gavin. I thought you spoke and looked well. In additions to being informative I thought the show revealed some interesting undercurrents in blogworld. For instance, the tension between male and female bloggers. For further analysis perhaps?

By: John

John — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 19:48:44 +0000

It would have been nice if they flashed the blog URLs on screen. Otherwise I thought it did great with the short time it was given. Blogging needs more than 15 minutes worth of chat for the uninitiated to grasp what it’s all about.